VP launches SDGs 3&4 independent evaluation document Says, goals align with FG’s desire to lift 100 million out of poverty in a decade Determined to improve effective implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nigeria, the Federal Government will leverage existing institutional framework to promote stronger partnerships and...
Three months after Oyo State government announced 50percent and 30percent salary slash of all senior political appointees and lawmakers respectively to ensure the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy does not affect the welfare and payment of workers salary, the Oyo State House of Assembly has moved...
'award in recognition of her outstanding tenacity, commitment to human capacity devt' - NGO The Wife of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun, Kafayat, on Thursday night, received a Global Exemplary Leadership Award from a United Kingdom-based Non-governmental Organization, Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network (GLOBALWIIN). The award, according to the...
Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Friday, inaugurated the Community Policing Advisory Council, CPAC, in the state, declaring that his administration will work with other stakeholders to make the initiative a success. The governor, who also told the people that the recently apprehended suspects in the Akinyele killings...
The Bolaji Abdullahi Campaign Organisation (BACO) have challenged the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Saliu Mustapha to a public debate. In a statement on Tuesday, by the DG of the Campaign organisation, Alh. Tajudeen Sulu Oloje, the Organisation said Saliu Mustapha should choose the date, time and venue for...
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has relieved the Commissioner for Works, Infrastructure and Transport, Professor Raphael Afonja of his appointment. The governor, in a letter dated August 10, 2020 and signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, said the termination takes immediate effect. A statement...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, says the Federal Government will do away with petroleum subsidies by June 2023. Mrs Ahmed said this on Tuesday in Abuja, during a press conference to mark the end of the 28th National Economic Summit, NES. The fuel subsidy gulped N2.565...
Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong has taken a giant step towards fulfilling his Rescue Mission in the health sector by launching the Plateau State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (PLASCHEMA). Governor Lalong while Launching the program as the number one enrollee, said the initiative will reduce the burden of citizens...
Lagos State Government has said the proposed Lagos Fourth Mainland Bridge which has a three to four years completion period is neither a mirage nor a white elephant project as the initiative provides a holistic solution to traffic and flooding issues in several communities in the State. The Special Adviser...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq this evening held a security council meeting with heads of the security agencies in the state. A review of the situation in the ilorin metropolis suggested a relative calm. The meeting observed that the objective of the curfew has largely been achieved as the misguided...